Automated COSAL Improvement Program ACIP

The Automated COSAL Improvement Program (ACIP) is a Navy supply-support process, hosted on Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC) systems, that identifies and tailors Allowance Parts List (APL) inaccuracies in a ship's Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List (COSAL) and routes them to the responsible In-Service Engineering Activity (ISEA) for research and resolution. It is an internal Navy supply-management workflow rather than a public reference tool, and access is restricted to authenticated Navy/DoD users.

What it is

ACIP reviews COSAL/APL records — for example, cases where a demanded repair part is not listed on its APL — and consolidates them for shore-establishment review instead of requiring each ship to manually generate an individual Fleet COSAL Feedback Report (FCFBR) for the same recurring discrepancy. Records become candidates for ACIP review based on shipboard supply conditions (such as repeated "part not listed on APL" demands), and are then evaluated by the cognizant ISEA, the ship's Type Commander (TYCOM), or both. The program depends on the accuracy of underlying demand data to correctly flag which APLs need correction.

Who operates it

ACIP is administered by the Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC), an echelon-five command under Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport, itself part of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). NSLC serves as the Central Design Agent for numerous Navy corporate logistics systems and documents ACIP as part of its Provisioning, Allowance, and Fitting Out Support (PAFOS) manual, which governs allowance update and maintenance procedures for COSALs.

Access

The tool's application URL (an Oracle APEX instance on NSLC's nslcweb32 web server) requires a DoD PKI digital certificate for registration and use — consistent with CAC/PKI-gated Navy logistics systems rather than public access. The directory's stored "public" access value does not reflect this; ACIP is treated here as CAC-required. No publicly documented self-service account-request portal for ACIP specifically was found; access is arranged through the cognizant ISEA, TYCOM, or NSLC channels as part of normal COSAL-maintenance workflows.

How logisticians use it

ISEA engineers, TYCOM staff, and shore-based supply/configuration personnel use ACIP to work a consolidated list of problem APLs rather than chasing individual ship-reported discrepancies one at a time. Resolving an ACIP-flagged record means correcting the APL itself — adding a missing part, fixing a wrong reference, or otherwise aligning the allowance with the equipment actually installed — which improves COSAL accuracy fleet-wide and reduces the Fleet sailor's manual reporting workload for recurring "part not on APL" conditions.

Related systems

ACIP operates on the same COSAL/APL data governed by NAVSUP P-485 (Afloat Supply Procedures) and NAVSUP P-488 (COSAL Use and Maintenance Manual), and is documented within NSLC's PAFOS manual alongside other allowance and provisioning processes. It is closely tied to the work of In-Service Engineering Activities and Type Commanders in maintaining shipboard allowance accuracy.